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Amelia
Amelia hates it when people call her Amy. Amy is her mother’s name, she tells them, and her grandmother’s name.…
Good Enough
I heard my daughter was working at Laundry & Tan Connection and hoped it wasn’t true but when I went…
Tiger Free Days
The telephone poles looked like crucifixes. I had the time to contemplate them, and that was how silent it was.…
Lights
In summer, waiting for night, we’d pose against the afterglow on corners, watching traffic cruise through the neighborhood. Sometimes, a…
Dendrochronology
It was 10th grade, the year of Hurricane Isaac, which mowed down the mighty oak in the teacher’s parking lot,…
Office at Night
They don’t seem to be working, though up to a few minutes ago, she was filing papers. A man (whom…
Metalhead’s Pledge
From the rear wall, Metalhead looks at the back of a girl’s head in History class. She is the only…
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